| Registration number |
1992-002A / 21846 |
| Time and date of launch (UT) |
14h.52m.33s. January 22, 1992 |
| Launch site |
Cape Canaveral, LC 39-A |
| Launch vehicle |
Shuttle |
| Payload mass (kg) |
13001 |
| Orbital parameters: |
| - inclination (degrees) |
57 |
| - period (minutes) |
90.5 |
| - perigee (km) |
291 |
| - apogee (km) |
307 |
| Time and date of landing (wheel stop, UT) |
16h.08m.16s. January 30, 1992 |
| - rollout time (sec.) |
59 |
| Place of landing |
Runway 22, Edwards Air Force Base, CA |
| Duration |
8d.01h.15m.43s. |
| Distance (km) |
5.407 million |
| Number of revolutions around Earth |
128 |
| Summary |
14th fly of space shuttle "Discovery". International crew. Experiments at international microgravity laboratory "IML-1".
|
| Date |
Time (UT) |
Spaceship's revo- lution number |
Station's revo- lution number |
Explanation |
|
Jan 22, 1992
|
14:52:33
|
1
|
|
Lift-off Shuttle, mission
"STS-42"
(crew:
Grabe,
Oswald,
Thagard,
Hilmers,
Readdy,
Bondar,
Merbold
).
|
|
Jan 25, 1992
|
07:50:20
|
1
|
Mir:33982
|
Lift-off cargo
"Progress M-11"
.
|
|
Jan 27, 1992
|
09:30:43
|
34
|
Mir:34015
|
Docking of
"Progress M-11"
to fore (transitional) unit of orbital complex
"Mir"
-
"Soyuz-TM13"
.
|
|
Jan 30, 1992
|
15:05:03
|
128
|
|
Deorbit burn of Shuttle, mission
"STS-42"
(crew:
Grabe,
Oswald,
Thagard,
Hilmers,
Readdy,
Bondar,
Merbold
).
|
|
Jan 30, 1992
|
16:08:16
|
129
|
|
Landing of Shuttle, mission
"STS-42"
(crew:
Grabe,
Oswald,
Thagard,
Hilmers,
Readdy,
Bondar,
Merbold
).
|